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COTABATO CITY– The Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) headed by Minister Raissa Jajurie, a lawyer, continues exercising its mandate and functions as expected.
Her agency is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
In response to the tragic incident earlier on September 13, 2024, in which a fallen tree — caused by severe weather conditions –that claimed the lives of four individuals and injured three others in Barangay Cabasaran, Malabang, Lanao del Sur (LDS), the MSSD, through its Lanao del Sur B Provincial Field Office, immediately extended assistance to the victims and their families.
Lanao del Sur B Provincial Social Welfare Officer Hadja Linang Pangkat, along with the field workers of MSSD, visited the victims’ families and the survivors, assessing their needs and providing essential support.
The three injured individuals were brought to the Dr. Serapio Hospital in Mable, Malabang, Lanao del Sur, where they were receiving treatment.
The MSSD has also committed to provide burial assistance for the deceased and financial support for those who are still recovering.
In addition to burial and medical assistance, MSSD distributed welfare goods to the families of all the victims, including 25 kilograms of rice, assorted canned goods, and instant coffee.
MSSD field workers will continue to monitor the affected families to ensure that any additional social services or interventions they require are provided.
The names of victims of the fallen trees are as follows:
📍Client 1
Name : Jehana Alican
Age : 12 years okd
Status : Dead
📍Client 2
Name : Janah Tantao Palawan
Age : 12 years old
Sex : Female
Status : Dead
📍Client 3
Name : Sittie Harah Manioba
Age : 7 years old
Sex : Female
Status : Dead
📍Client 4
Name : Alyssa. Airoden
Age : 15 years old
Status : Dead
📍Client 5 (Driver)
Name : Abdulwaffy Mauntol
Age : 17 years old
Status : Admitted ate Dr.Serapio Hospital, Mable, Malabang, LDS
📍Client 6
Name : Sailah Cali Amerol
Age : 10 years old
Status : Admitted ate Dr.Serapio Hospital, Mable, Malabang, LDS
📍Client 7
Name : Samilah Amerol
Age : 12 years old
Status : Admitted ate Dr.Serapio Hospital, Mable, Malabang, LDS
The Bangsamoro region, established in 2018 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), is made up of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the Special Geographic Area’s (SGA) 63 barangays or villages that voted “Yes” in a plebiscite in February 2019 to be under the BARMM jurisdiction. With the recent plebiscite at SGA, the BARMM now has eight new municipalities as residents voted “Yes”.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities (plus eight newly established under the SGA: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided Maguindanao, 36; Sulu, 19; and Tawi-Tawi, 11. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. (✓)
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